ABSTRACT

This set of eight volumes presents the reader with selected primary texts in the genre now generally known as future fiction. The chosen texts are designed to explore the dominant characteristics of the genre and examine how it changed over the 18th and 19th centuries.

part |43 pages

The Battle of Dorking

part |12 pages

The Second Armada

part |72 pages

The Invasion of England

chapter I|16 pages

Thor and Mammon

chapter II|9 pages

Storm Signals

chapter III|25 pages

The Invasion

chapter IV|22 pages

The Battle

part |52 pages

The Siege of London

chapter I|5 pages

Chapter I

chapter II|5 pages

Chapter II

chapter III|7 pages

Chapter III

chapter IV|4 pages

Chapter IV

chapter V|5 pages

Chapter V

chapter VI|5 pages

Chapter VI

chapter VII|3 pages

Chapter VII

chapter VIII|6 pages

Chapter VIII

chapter IX|4 pages

Chapter IX

chapter X|4 pages

Chapter X

chapter XI|5 pages

Chapter XI

chapter XII|4 pages

Chapter XII

chapter XIII|2 pages

Chapter XIII

part |54 pages

The New Centurion

chapter |50 pages

To the Reader

part |37 pages

The Next Naval War

chapter I|7 pages

War Declared

chapter II|3 pages

State of Europe

chapter III|6 pages

Organisation for War

chapter IV|6 pages

Torpedo Attacks

chapter V|10 pages

Defeat of our Mediterranean Squadron

chapter VI|5 pages

Effect of the Defeat